An 11-year-old boy survives a serious car accident but remains mentally and physically disabled for the rest of his life. The film depicts the situation of those affected and the reaction of those around them. It is a call for more humane treatment of people with disabilities.
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Cast
26 people
Kathina Kaiser
Antonia Mach
Known for
Holocaust
Heinz Bennent
Prof. Wolfgang Mach
Known for
Possession
The Last Metro
Jörg A. Eggers
Hans Hammerschmidt
Sonja Sutter
Dr. Sonja Schreiber
Also in
Lissy
Destinies of Women
Walter Kindler
Günther Köpf
Alwy Becker
Gerlinde Schneiderhahn
Also in
Eine Nacht in Venedig
Death Runs After Them
Jörg A. Eggers
Claudia Butenuth
Eva Vrzal
Known for
What Have You Done to Solange?
Gertrud Roll
LIesl
Also in
Suburbia - Women on the Edge
Till Then
Signe Seidel
Astrid Preisach
Also in
Parapsycho: Spectrum of Fear
Boeing - Boeing
Jörg A. Eggers Director · Walter Kindler Cinematographer Wolfgang Schacht Editor
First release September 9, 1976 · Produced in Austria · Original title Ich will leben
Production
Cine Mercury
Production
Austria
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Ich will leben
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Austria · September 9, 1976
Premiere
Austria · February 1, 1977
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Austria
November 1, 1976 · TV
France
January 1, 1978 · Limited theatrical · Strasbourg (Festival of Human Rights)
India
January 1, 1978 · Limited theatrical · Bombay (1st International Youth Film Festival)
Russia
January 1, 1978 · Limited theatrical · Moscow
Slovakia
January 1, 1978
XC
January 1, 1978 · Limited theatrical · Bratislava
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